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Akimov D, Albert JB, An P, Awe C, Barbeau PS, Becker B, Belov V, Bernardi I, Blackston MA, Blokland L, Bolozdynya A, Cabrera-Palmer B, Chen N, Chernyak D, Conley E, Cooper RL, Daughhetee J, Del Valle Coello M, Detwiler JA, Durand MR, Efremenko Y, Elliott SR, Fabris L, Febbraro M, Fox W, Galindo-Uribarri A, Gallo Rosso A, Green MP, Hansen KS, Heath MR, Hedges S, Hughes M, Johnson T, Kaemingk M, Kaufman LJ, Khromov A, Konovalov A, Kozlova E, Kumpan A, Li L, Librande JT, Link JM, Liu J, Mann K, Markoff DM, McGoldrick O, Moreno H, Mueller PE, Newby J, Parno DS, Penttila S, Pershey D, Radford D, Rapp R, Ray H, Raybern J, Razuvaeva O, Reyna D, Rich GC, Rudik D, Runge J, Salvat DJ, Scholberg K, Shakirov A, Simakov G, Sinev G, Snow WM, Sosnovtsev V, Suh B, Tayloe R, Tellez-Giron-Flores K, Thornton RT, Tolstukhin I, Vanderwerp J, Varner RL, Virtue CJ, Visser G, Wiseman C, Wongjirad T, Yang J, Yen YR, Yoo J, Yu CH, Zettlemoyer J. First Measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering on Argon. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:012002. [PMID: 33480779 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.012002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We report the first measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) on argon using a liquid argon detector at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source. Two independent analyses prefer CEvNS over the background-only null hypothesis with greater than 3σ significance. The measured cross section, averaged over the incident neutrino flux, is (2.2±0.7)×10^{-39} cm^{2}-consistent with the standard model prediction. The neutron-number dependence of this result, together with that from our previous measurement on CsI, confirms the existence of the CEvNS process and provides improved constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions.
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- D Akimov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Physics Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physics Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Physics at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34051, Republic of Korea
- Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, 34051, Republic of Korea
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Akimov D, Albert JB, An P, Awe C, Barbeau PS, Becker B, Belov V, Brown A, Bolozdynya A, Cabrera-Palmer B, Cervantes M, Collar JI, Cooper RJ, Cooper RL, Cuesta C, Dean DJ, Detwiler JA, Eberhardt A, Efremenko Y, Elliott SR, Erkela EM, Fabris L, Febbraro M, Fields NE, Fox W, Fu Z, Galindo-Uribarri A, Green MP, Hai M, Heath MR, Hedges S, Hornback D, Hossbach TW, Iverson EB, Kaufman LJ, Ki S, Klein SR, Khromov A, Konovalov A, Kremer M, Kumpan A, Leadbetter C, Li L, Lu W, Mann K, Markoff DM, Miller K, Moreno H, Mueller PE, Newby J, Orrell JL, Overman CT, Parno DS, Penttila S, Perumpilly G, Ray H, Raybern J, Reyna D, Rich GC, Rimal D, Rudik D, Scholberg K, Scholz BJ, Sinev G, Snow WM, Sosnovtsev V, Shakirov A, Suchyta S, Suh B, Tayloe R, Thornton RT, Tolstukhin I, Vanderwerp J, Varner RL, Virtue CJ, Wan Z, Yoo J, Yu CH, Zawada A, Zettlemoyer J, Zderic AM. Observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. Science 2017; 357:1123-1126. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aao0990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D. Akimov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,” Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,” Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,” Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,” Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (CAPP) at Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Abe K, Hayato Y, Iida T, Iyogi K, Kameda J, Koshio Y, Kozuma Y, Marti L, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Obayashi Y, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takenaga Y, Ueno K, Ueshima K, Yamada S, Yokozawa T, Ishihara C, Kaji H, Kajita T, Kaneyuki K, Lee KP, McLachlan T, Okumura K, Shimizu Y, Tanimoto N, Labarga L, Kearns E, Litos M, Raaf JL, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Goldhaber M, Bays K, Kropp WR, Mine S, Regis C, Renshaw A, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Ganezer KS, Hill J, Keig WE, Jang JS, Kim JY, Lim IT, Albert JB, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Wendell R, Wongjirad TM, Ishizuka T, Tasaka S, Learned JG, Matsuno S, Smith SN, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Ishii T, Kobayashi T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Nishikawa K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Suzuki AT, Takeuchi Y, Ikeda M, Minamino A, Nakaya T, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Mitsuka G, Tanaka T, Jung CK, Lopez GD, Taylor I, Yanagisawa C, Ishino H, Kibayashi A, Mino S, Mori T, Sakuda M, Toyota H, Kuno Y, Yoshida M, Kim SB, Yang BS, Okazawa H, Choi Y, Nishijima K, Koshiba M, Yokoyama M, Totsuka Y, Martens K, Schuemann J, Vagins MR, Chen S, Heng Y, Yang Z, Zhang H, Kielczewska D, Mijakowski P, Connolly K, Dziomba M, Thrane E, Wilkes RJ. Search for nucleon decay via n→ν[over ¯]π0 and p→ν[over ¯]π+ in Super-Kamiokande. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:121802. [PMID: 25279622 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.121802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
We present the results of searches for nucleon decay via n→ν[over ¯]π0 and p→ν[over ¯]π+ using data from a combined 172.8 kt·yr exposure of Super-Kamiokande-I,-II, and-III. We set lower limits on the partial lifetime for each of these modes: τn→ν[over ¯]π0>1.1×10(33) years and τp→ν[over ¯]π+>3.9×10(32) years at a 90% confidence level.
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- K Abe
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Junior College, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka 811-0214, Japan
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- Information and Multimedia Center, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan
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- Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan and Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Informatics in Social Welfare, Shizuoka University of Welfare, Yaizu, Shizuoka, 425-8611, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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Twelker K, Kravitz S, Montero Díez M, Gratta G, Fairbank W, Albert JB, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Benitez-Medina C, Breidenbach M, Brunner T, Cao GF, Chambers C, Cleveland B, Coon M, Craycraft A, Daniels T, Daugherty SJ, Davis CG, DeVoe R, Delaquis S, Didberidze T, Dilling J, Dolinski MJ, Dunford M, Fabris L, Farine J, Feldmeier W, Fierlinger P, Fudenberg D, Giroux G, Gornea R, Graham K, Hall C, Heffner M, Herrin S, Hughes M, Jiang XS, Johnson TN, Johnston S, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Killick R, Koffas T, Krücken R, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Leonard DS, Leonard F, Licciardi C, Lin YH, MacLellan R, Marino MG, Mong B, Moore D, Odian A, Ostrovskiy I, Ouellet C, Piepke A, Pocar A, Retiere F, Rowson PC, Rozo MP, Schubert A, Sinclair D, Smith E, Stekhanov V, Tarka M, Tolba T, Tosi D, Vuilleumier JL, Walton J, Walton T, Weber M, Wen LJ, Wichoski U, Yang L, Yen YR, Zhao YB. An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:095114. [PMID: 25273779 DOI: 10.1063/1.4895646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
We describe a system to transport and identify barium ions produced in liquid xenon, as part of R&D towards the second phase of a double beta decay experiment, nEXO. The goal is to identify the Ba ion resulting from an extremely rare nuclear decay of the isotope (136)Xe, hence providing a confirmation of the occurrence of the decay. This is achieved through Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (RIS). In the test setup described here, Ba ions can be produced in liquid xenon or vacuum and collected on a clean substrate. This substrate is then removed to an analysis chamber under vacuum, where laser-induced thermal desorption and RIS are used with time-of-flight mass spectroscopy for positive identification of the barium decay product.
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- K Twelker
- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Physics Department and CEEM, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL), Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Physics Department and CEEM, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LHEP, Albert Einstein Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universitat Munchen, Garching, Germany
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universitat Munchen, Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LHEP, Albert Einstein Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- LHEP, Albert Einstein Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Physics Department and CEEM, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
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- Physics Department and CEEM, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
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- Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universitat Munchen, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- LHEP, Albert Einstein Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LHEP, Albert Einstein Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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Litos M, Abe K, Hayato Y, Iida T, Ikeda M, Iyogi K, Kameda J, Kobayashi K, Koshio Y, Kozuma Y, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Obayashi Y, Ogawa H, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takenaga Y, Takeuchi Y, Ueno K, Ueshima K, Watanabe H, Yamada S, Yokozawa T, Hazama S, Ishihara C, Kaji H, Kajita T, Kaneyuki K, McLachlan T, Okumura K, Shimizu Y, Tanimoto N, Vagins MR, Kearns E, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Dufour F, Raaf JL, Henning B, Goldhaber M, Bays K, Casper D, Cravens JP, Kropp WR, Mine S, Regis C, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Ganezer KS, Hill J, Keig WE, Jang JS, Kim JY, Lim IT, Albert JB, Wongjirad T, Wendell R, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Tasaka S, Learned JG, Matsuno S, Watanabe Y, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Ishii T, Kobayashi T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Nishikawa K, Nishino H, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Suzuki AT, Minamino A, Nakaya T, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Mitsuka G, Tanaka T, Jung CK, Lopez G, McGrew C, Terri R, Yanagisawa C, Tamura N, Ishino H, Kibayashi A, Mino S, Mori T, Sakuda M, Toyota H, Kuno Y, Yoshida M, Kim SB, Yang BS, Ishizuka T, Okazawa H, Choi Y, Nishijima K, Yokosawa Y, Koshiba M, Yokoyama M, Totsuka Y, Chen S, Heng Y, Yang Z, Zhang H, Kielczewska D, Mijakowski P, Connolly K, Dziomba M, Thrane E, Wilkes RJ. Search for dinucleon decay into kaons in Super-Kamiokande. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:131803. [PMID: 24745406 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.131803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
A search for the dinucleon decay pp → K+ K+ has been performed using 91.6 kton·yr data from Super-Kamiokande-I. This decay provides a sensitive probe of the R-parity-violating parameter λ112''. A boosted decision tree analysis found no signal candidates in the data. The expected background was 0.28±0.19 atmospheric neutrino induced events and the estimated signal detection efficiency was 12.6%±3.2%. A lower limit of 1.7×10(32) years has been placed on the partial lifetime of the decay O16 → C14K+ K+ at 90% C.L. A corresponding upper limit of 7.8×10(-9) has been placed on the parameter λ112''.
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- M Litos
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA and Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Physics Division, Department of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan and Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan
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- Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
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- Department of Informatics in Social Welfare, Shizuoka University of Welfare, Yaizu, Shizuoka 425-8611, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA
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Abe K, Abgrall N, Aihara H, Akiri T, Albert JB, Andreopoulos C, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ariga T, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bass M, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Bentham SW, Berardi V, Berger BE, Berkman S, Bertram I, Beznosko D, Bhadra S, Blaszczyk FDM, Blondel A, Bojechko C, Boyd S, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Brook-Roberge DG, Buchanan N, Calland RG, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Coleman SJ, Collazuol G, Connolly K, Cremonesi L, Curioni A, Dabrowska A, Danko I, Das R, Davis S, Day M, de André JPAM, de Perio P, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dobson J, Drapier O, Duboyski T, Dufour F, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Dziomba M, Emery S, Ereditato A, Escudero L, Finch AJ, Frank E, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Gaudin A, Giffin S, Giganti C, Gilje K, Golan T, Gomez-Cadenas JJ, Gonin M, Grant N, Gudin D, Guzowski P, Hadley DR, Haesler A, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayato Y, Hearty C, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hignight J, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ieva M, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ives SJ, Iyogi K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Johnson RA, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Joo KK, Jung CK, Kaboth A, Kaji H, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kanazawa Y, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khanam F, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kilinski A, Kim JY, Kim J, Kim SB, Kirby B, Kisiel J, Kitching P, Kobayashi T, Kogan G, Kolaceke A, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koseki K, Koshio Y, Kowalik K, Kreslo I, Kropp W, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kumaratunga S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Laihem K, Laing A, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lee KP, Licciardi C, Lim IT, Lindner T, Lister C, Litchfield RP, Longhin A, Lopez GD, Ludovici L, Macaire M, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marchionni A, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Marzec J, Masliah P, Mathie EL, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, McLachlan T, Messina M, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Miller CA, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Monfregola L, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murakami A, Murdoch M, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nagasaki T, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakai T, Nakajima K, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Naples D, Nicholls TC, Nielsen C, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, O’Keeffe HM, Obayashi Y, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Otani M, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Pac MY, Palladino V, Paolone V, Payne D, Pearce GF, Perevozchikov O, Perkin JD, Pinzon Guerra ES, Plonski P, Poplawska E, Popov B, Posiadala M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MAM, Reeves M, Reinherz-Aronis E, Retiere F, Robert A, Rodrigues PA, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruterbories D, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Scully DI, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shibata M, Shiozawa M, Short S, Shustrov Y, Sinclair P, Smith B, Smith RJ, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Still B, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Szeglowski T, Szeptycka M, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HA, Tanaka MM, Tanaka M, Taylor IJ, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thompson LF, Thorley A, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Totsuka Y, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Ueno K, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Waldron AV, Walter CW, Wang J, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Williamson Z, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wongjirad T, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yuan T, Zalewska A, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Żmuda J. Measurement of the inclusiveνμcharged current cross section on carbon in the near detector of the T2K experiment. Int J Clin Exp Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.87.092003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Abe K, Hayato Y, Iida T, Iyogi K, Kameda J, Koshio Y, Kozuma Y, Marti L, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Obayashi Y, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takenaga Y, Ueno K, Ueshima K, Yamada S, Yokozawa T, Ishihara C, Kaji H, Kajita T, Kaneyuki K, Lee KP, McLachlan T, Okumura K, Shimizu Y, Tanimoto N, Labarga L, Kearns E, Litos M, Raaf JL, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Goldhaber M, Bays K, Kropp WR, Mine S, Regis C, Renshaw A, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Ganezer KS, Hill J, Keig WE, Jang JS, Kim JY, Lim IT, Albert JB, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Wendell R, Wongjirad TM, Ishizuka T, Tasaka S, Learned JG, Matsuno S, Smith SN, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Ishii T, Kobayashi T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Nishikawa K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Suzuki AT, Takeuchi Y, Ikeda M, Minamino A, Nakaya T, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Mitsuka G, Tanaka T, Jung CK, Lopez GD, Taylor I, Yanagisawa C, Ishino H, Kibayashi A, Mino S, Mori T, Sakuda M, Toyota H, Kuno Y, Yoshida M, Kim SB, Yang BS, Okazawa H, Choi Y, Nishijima K, Koshiba M, Yokoyama M, Totsuka Y, Martens K, Schuemann J, Vagins MR, Chen S, Heng Y, Yang Z, Zhang H, Kielczewska D, Mijakowski P, Connolly K, Dziomba M, Thrane E, Wilkes RJ. Evidence for the appearance of atmospheric tau neutrinos in super-Kamiokande. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:181802. [PMID: 23683190 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.181802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Super-Kamiokande atmospheric neutrino data were fit with an unbinned maximum likelihood method to search for the appearance of tau leptons resulting from the interactions of oscillation-generated tau neutrinos in the detector. Relative to the expectation of unity, the tau normalization is found to be 1.42 ± 0.35(stat)(-0.12)(+0.14)(syst) excluding the no-tau-appearance hypothesis, for which the normalization would be zero, at the 3.8σ level. We estimate that 180.1 ± 44.3(stat)(-15.2)(+17.8) (syst) tau leptons were produced in the 22.5 kton fiducial volume of the detector by tau neutrinos during the 2806 day running period. In future analyses, this large sample of selected tau events will allow the study of charged current tau neutrino interaction physics with oscillation produced tau neutrinos.
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- K Abe
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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Abe K, Abgrall N, Aihara H, Akiri T, Albert JB, Andreopoulos C, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ariga T, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bass M, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Bentham SW, Berardi V, Berger BE, Berkman S, Bertram I, Beznosko D, Bhadra S, Blaszczyk FDM, Blondel A, Bojechko C, Boyd S, Bravar A, Bronner C, Brook-Roberge DG, Buchanan N, Calland RG, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Coleman SJ, Collazuol G, Connolly K, Curioni A, Dabrowska A, Danko I, Das R, Davis S, Day M, de André JPAM, de Perio P, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dobson J, Duboyski T, Dufour F, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Dziomba M, Emery S, Ereditato A, Escudero L, Esposito LS, Finch AJ, Frank E, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Galymov V, Gaudin A, Giffin S, Giganti C, Gilje K, Golan T, Gomez-Cadenas JJ, Gonin M, Grant N, Gudin D, Guzowski P, Hadley DR, Haesler A, Haigh MD, Hansen D, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayato Y, Hearty C, Helmer RL, Hignight J, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Huang K, Hyndman A, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ieva M, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ives SJ, Iyogi K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Johnson RA, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Joo KK, Jover-Manas GV, Jung CK, Kaji H, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kanazawa Y, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khanam F, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kilinski A, Kim JY, Kim J, Kim SB, Kirby B, Kisiel J, Kitching P, Kobayashi T, Kogan G, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koseki K, Koshio Y, Kowalik K, Kreslo I, Kropp W, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kumaratunga S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Laihem K, Laing A, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lee KP, Licciardi C, Lim IT, Lindner T, Lister C, Litchfield RP, Longhin A, Lopez GD, Ludovici L, Macaire M, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marchionni A, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Marzec J, Masliah P, Mathie EL, Matsumura C, Matsuoka K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, McLachlan T, Messina M, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Miller CA, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Monfregola L, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murakami A, Murdoch M, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nagasaki T, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakai T, Nakajima K, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Naples D, Nicholls TC, Nielsen C, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, O’Keeffe HM, Obayashi Y, Ohta R, Okumura K, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Otani M, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Pac MY, Palladino V, Paolone V, Payne D, Pearce GF, Perevozchikov O, Perkin JD, Pinzon Guerra ES, Plonski P, Poplawska E, Popov B, Posiadala M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MA, Reeves M, Reinherz-Aronis E, Retiere F, Rodrigues PA, Rondio E, Rossi B, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruterbories D, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Scully DI, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Shibata M, Shiozawa M, Short S, Shustrov Y, Sinclair P, Smith B, Smith RJ, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Still B, Sulej R, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Szeglowski T, Szeptycka M, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HA, Tanaka M, Tanaka MM, Taylor IJ, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thompson LF, Thorley A, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Totsuka Y, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Ueno K, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Waldron AV, Walter CW, Wang J, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wikström G, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Williamson Z, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wongjirad T, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yuan T, Zalewska A, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Żmuda J. T2K neutrino flux prediction. Int J Clin Exp Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.87.012001 10.1103/physrevd.87.019902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Abe K, Hayato Y, Iida T, Ikeda M, Iyogi K, Kameda J, Koshio Y, Kozuma Y, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Obayashi Y, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takenaga Y, Takeuchi Y, Ueno K, Ueshima K, Watanabe H, Yamada S, Yokozawa T, Ishihara C, Kaji H, Lee KP, Kajita T, Kaneyuki K, McLachlan T, Okumura K, Shimizu Y, Tanimoto N, Martens K, Vagins MR, Labarga L, Magro LM, Dufour F, Kearns E, Litos M, Raaf JL, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Goldhaber M, Bays K, Kropp WR, Mine S, Regis C, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Ganezer KS, Hill J, Keig WE, Jang JS, Kim JY, Lim IT, Albert JB, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Wendell R, Wongjirad TM, Tasaka S, Learned JG, Matsuno S, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Ishii T, Kobayashi T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Nishikawa K, Nishino H, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Suzuki AT, Minamino A, Nakaya T, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Mitsuka G, Tanaka T, Jung CK, Taylor I, Yanagisawa C, Ishino H, Kibayashi A, Mino S, Mori T, Sakuda M, Toyota H, Kuno Y, Kim SB, Yang BS, Ishizuka T, Okazawa H, Choi Y, Nishijima K, Koshiba M, Yokoyama M, Totsuka Y, Chen S, Heng Y, Yang Z, Zhang H, Kielczewska D, Mijakowski P, Connolly K, Dziomba M, Wilkes RJ. Search for differences in oscillation parameters for atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos at Super-Kamiokande. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:241801. [PMID: 22242990 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.241801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
We present a search for differences in the oscillations of antineutrinos and neutrinos in the Super-Kamiokande-I, -II, and -III atmospheric neutrino sample. Under a two-flavor disappearance model with separate mixing parameters between neutrinos and antineutrinos, we find no evidence for a difference in oscillation parameters. Best-fit antineutrino mixing is found to be at (Δm2,sin2 2θ)=(2.0×10(-3) eV2, 1.0) and is consistent with the overall Super-K measurement.
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- K Abe
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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Abe K, Abgrall N, Ajima Y, Aihara H, Albert JB, Andreopoulos C, Andrieu B, Aoki S, Araoka O, Argyriades J, Ariga A, Ariga T, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Badertscher A, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bass M, Bay F, Bentham S, Berardi V, Berger BE, Bertram I, Besnier M, Beucher J, Beznosko D, Bhadra S, Blaszczyk FDMM, Blondel A, Bojechko C, Bouchez J, Boyd SB, Bravar A, Bronner C, Brook-Roberge DG, Buchanan N, Budd H, Calvet D, Cartwright SL, Carver A, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cazes A, Cervera A, Chavez C, Choi S, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Coleman W, Collazuol G, Connolly K, Curioni A, Dabrowska A, Danko I, Das R, Davies GS, Davis S, Day M, De Rosa G, de André JPAM, de Perio P, Delbart A, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dinh Tran P, Dobson J, Dore U, Drapier O, Dufour F, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Dziomba M, Emery S, Ereditato A, Escudero L, Esposito LS, Fechner M, Ferrero A, Finch AJ, Frank E, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Galymov V, Gannaway FC, Gaudin A, Gendotti A, George MA, Giffin S, Giganti C, Gilje K, Golan T, Goldhaber M, Gomez-Cadenas JJ, Gonin M, Grant N, Grant A, Gumplinger P, Guzowski P, Haesler A, Haigh MD, Hamano K, Hansen C, Hansen D, Hara T, Harrison PF, Hartfiel B, Hartz M, Haruyama T, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hastings S, Hatzikoutelis A, Hayashi K, Hayato Y, Hearty C, Helmer RL, Henderson R, Higashi N, Hignight J, Hirose E, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Hyndman A, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ieva M, Iida M, Ikeda M, Ilic J, Imber J, Ishida T, Ishihara C, Ishii T, Ives SJ, Iwasaki M, Iyogi K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Johnson RA, Joo KK, Jover-Manas GV, Jung CK, Kaji H, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kaneyuki K, Karlen D, Kasami K, Kato I, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khanam F, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kim J, Kim JY, Kim SB, Kimura N, Kirby B, Kisiel J, Kitching P, Kobayashi T, Kogan G, Koike S, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koseki K, Koshio Y, Kouzuma Y, Kowalik K, Kravtsov V, Kreslo I, Kropp W, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kulkarni N, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Laihem K, Laveder M, Lee KP, Le PT, Levy JM, Licciardi C, Lim IT, Lindner T, Litchfield RP, Litos M, Longhin A, Lopez GD, Loverre PF, Ludovici L, Lux T, Macaire M, Mahn K, Makida Y, Malek M, Manly S, Marchionni A, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Maryon T, Marzec J, Masliah P, Mathie EL, Matsumura C, Matsuoka K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, McLachlan T, Messina M, Metcalf W, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Miller CA, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert AD, Mituka G, Miura M, Mizouchi K, Monfregola L, Moreau F, Morgan B, Moriyama S, Muir A, Murakami A, Murdoch M, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakai T, Nakajima K, Nakamoto T, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Naples D, Navin ML, Nelson B, Nicholls TC, Nishikawa K, Nishino H, Nowak JA, Noy M, Obayashi Y, Ogitsu T, Ohhata H, Okamura T, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oser SM, Otani M, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Ozaki T, Pac MY, Palladino V, Paolone V, Paul P, Payne D, Pearce GF, Perkin JD, Pettinacci V, Pierre F, Poplawska E, Popov B, Posiadala M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Qian W, Raaf JL, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Raufer TM, Ravonel M, Raymond M, Retiere F, Robert A, Rodrigues PA, Rondio E, Roney JM, Rossi B, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruterbories D, Sabouri S, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sarrat A, Sasaki K, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Scully DI, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Shibata M, Shimizu Y, Shiozawa M, Short S, Siyad M, Smith RJ, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Stahl A, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Still B, Stone J, Strabel C, Sulak LR, Sulej R, Sutcliffe P, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Suzuki Y, Szeglowski T, Szeptycka M, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takenaga Y, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka K, Tanaka HA, Tanaka M, Tanaka MM, Tanimoto N, Tashiro K, Taylor I, Terashima A, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thompson LF, Thorley A, Toki W, Tomaru T, Totsuka Y, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Ueno K, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Walding JJ, Waldron AV, Walter CW, Wanderer PJ, Wang J, Ward MA, Ward GP, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, West N, Whitehead LH, Wikström G, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wongjirad T, Yamada S, Yamada Y, Yamamoto A, Yamamoto K, Yamanoi Y, Yamaoka H, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Żmuda J. Indication of electron neutrino appearance from an accelerator-produced off-axis muon neutrino beam. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:041801. [PMID: 21866992 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.041801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
The T2K experiment observes indications of ν(μ) → ν(e) appearance in data accumulated with 1.43×10(20) protons on target. Six events pass all selection criteria at the far detector. In a three-flavor neutrino oscillation scenario with |Δm(23)(2)| = 2.4×10(-3) eV(2), sin(2)2θ(23) = 1 and sin(2)2θ(13) = 0, the expected number of such events is 1.5±0.3(syst). Under this hypothesis, the probability to observe six or more candidate events is 7×10(-3), equivalent to 2.5σ significance. At 90% C.L., the data are consistent with 0.03(0.04) < sin(2)2θ(13) < 0.28(0.34) for δ(CP) = 0 and a normal (inverted) hierarchy.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Abe
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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